The Romeike family fled their German homeland in 2008 seeking political asylum in the United States – where they hoped to home school their children. Instead, the Obama administration wants the evangelical Christian family deported.

The fate of Uwe and Hannelore Romeikie – along with their six children – now rests with the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – after the Dept. of Homeland Security said they don’t deserve asylum.

“The Obama administration is basically saying there is no right to home school anywhere,” said Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association. “It’s an utter repudiation of parental liberty and religious liberty.”

Farris said he finds great irony that the Obama administration is releasing thousands of illegal aliens – yet wants to send a family seeking political asylum back to Germany.

“Eleven million people are going to be allowed to stay freely – but this one family is going to be shipped back to Germany to be persecuted,” he said. “It just doesn’t make any sense.”

The Justice Dept. is arguing that German law banning home schooling does not violate the family’s human rights.

Quoting: Article

They have a point. They aren't saying these people can't homeschool their kids, just that it doesn't qualify as a violation of their human rights. If their human rights have not been violated, they have no reason to seek asylum.

The Justice Dept. is arguing that German law banning home schooling does not violate the family’s human rights.

Quoting: Article

They have a point. They aren't saying these people can't homeschool their kids, just that it doesn't qualify as a violation of their human rights. If their human rights have not been violated, they have no reason to seek asylum.

The Justice Dept. is arguing that German law banning home schooling does not violate the family’s human rights.

Quoting: Article

They have a point. They aren't saying these people can't homeschool their kids, just that it doesn't qualify as a violation of their human rights. If their human rights have not been violated, they have no reason to seek asylum.

Quoting: Meggarea

They risked having their Children removed by the German Gov't if they were forced to go back because they refuse to enroll in the secular school system....

How can Obama release illegal aliens into the general public and not help this German family who just want to home school their kids?

They are not asking to be put on the Gov't dole...

Susie

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.....Matthew 6:21There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1

German Christians May Face Jail Time for Homeschooling Children Homeschooling Not a Fundamental Right, Justice Dept. Argues

ICC Note: In an unusual case an evangelical German family that fled to the United States after facing arrest for homeschooling children may soon be required to return to their homeland. Homeschooling is illegal in Germany and the parents, who chose to home school their children because of their Christian faith, have already paid more than $10,000 in fines to the German government.

2/14/2013 Germany (CP) - In a political asylum case involving a German family that fled to the United States to be able to homeschool their children, the U.S. Justice Department is arguing that the freedom to choose to educate one's own children is not a fundamental right. If the Romeike family, who are evangelical Christians, lose their case and are deported back to Germany, they could face fines, jail time, and their children could even be taken away from them.

The Romeike's were granted political asylum by a federal district court judge in Tennessee. Political asylum is granted to refugees who can demonstrate that they are being persecuted for religious reason or because they belong to a "particular social group."

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The Justice Department is essentially saying that Germany has violated no one's rights because it banned homeschooling for all, Farris wrote, which means the Justice Department believes there is no fundamental right to homeschool.

"There are two major portions of constitutional rights of citizens – fundamental liberties and equal protection. The U.S. Attorney General has said this about homeschooling. There is no fundamental liberty to homeschool. So long as a government bans homeschooling broadly and equally, there is no violation of your rights. This is a view which gives some acknowledgement to the principle of equal protection but which entirely jettisons the concept of fundamental liberties."

The Justice Dept. is also taking the position that the Romeike's do not meet the definition of a "particular social group" because their faith does not require them to homeschool. The problem with this argument, Farris believes, is that it does not recognize religious liberty as an individual right.

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Susie

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.....Matthew 6:21There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1

The Justice Dept. is arguing that German law banning home schooling does not violate the family’s human rights.

Quoting: Article

They have a point. They aren't saying these people can't homeschool their kids, just that it doesn't qualify as a violation of their human rights. If their human rights have not been violated, they have no reason to seek asylum.

Quoting: Meggarea

When government schools are indoctrination centers, it is a human right not to have your child brainwashed.

The Justice Dept. is arguing that German law banning home schooling does not violate the family’s human rights.

Quoting: Article

They have a point. They aren't saying these people can't homeschool their kids, just that it doesn't qualify as a violation of their human rights. If their human rights have not been violated, they have no reason to seek asylum.

Quoting: Meggarea

Yup, don't expect the neaderthals here to understand this. Now if this was a Mexican family these very same retards would be screaming about how they are illegal immigrants.

The Justice Dept. is arguing that German law banning home schooling does not violate the family’s human rights.

Quoting: Article

They have a point. They aren't saying these people can't homeschool their kids, just that it doesn't qualify as a violation of their human rights. If their human rights have not been violated, they have no reason to seek asylum.

Quoting: Meggarea

When government schools are indoctrination centers, it is a human right not to have your child brainwashed.

And I fear this family faced some pretty tough indoctrinating.

Quoting: beeches

First of all, government schools are not indoctrination centers. That is just absurd.

The Justice Dept. is arguing that German law banning home schooling does not violate the family’s human rights.

Quoting: Article

They have a point. They aren't saying these people can't homeschool their kids, just that it doesn't qualify as a violation of their human rights. If their human rights have not been violated, they have no reason to seek asylum.

Quoting: Meggarea

Yup, don't expect the neaderthals here to understand this. Now if this was a Mexican family these very same retards would be screaming about how they are illegal immigrants.

For what it's worth, I know an 18-year-old high school freshman who finished her homeschooling and was supposed to graduate last summer. . .but apparently her mom had not been keeping adequate record of her grades & achievements, so she isn't recognized by the state as a graduate. She's opted to finish up in public school, but only tested into the 9th grade.

For what it's worth, I know an 18-year-old high school freshman who finished her homeschooling and was supposed to graduate last summer. . .but apparently her mom had not been keeping adequate record of her grades & achievements, so she isn't recognized by the state as a graduate. She's opted to finish up in public school, but only tested into the 9th grade.

For what it's worth, I know an 18-year-old high school freshman who finished her homeschooling and was supposed to graduate last summer. . .but apparently her mom had not been keeping adequate record of her grades & achievements, so she isn't recognized by the state as a graduate. She's opted to finish up in public school, but only tested into the 9th grade.